Anglo-Norman Dictionary

tresluire (s.xii^1/3)

tresluire (s.xii^1/3)

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FEW: lucere 5,431a Gdf: tresluire 8,52b / tresluisant 8,52b GdfC: ∅ TL: tresluire 10,609 DEAF: luire (tresluire) / luire (tresluisant) DMF: tresluire TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: translucere 3483a

trelure;
p.pr. traesluisant;
p.pr. tresluant, tresluisant, tresluisaunt;
p.pr. treslusant, treslusaunt, treslussant

1to be translucent, allow light to pass through:

( s.xii^2/4; MS: c.1200 ) Mais cele =sapphire est la mieldre que hom trovet en la terre as Turcs; icele ne tresluist mie 98.iii.6

( s.xiii^1/3; MS: s.xiii^ex ) Sapphires from Turkey Cil sunt obscur, cil ne trelusent mie 120.ii.6

1translucent, allowing light to pass through:

( s.xii^1/3; MS: s.xii^ex ) Mais cele =jasper est mieldre [...] Ke est verte e tresluisant 33.152

( s.xiii^1/3; MS: s.xiii^ex ) Saphirs [...] sunt semblable al pur cel et treslusaunt d’une gentil culur ynde parmi utre 120.ii.3-4

( s.xiii^m; MS: s.xiii^ex ) [...] Ky est verte e treslusanz 81.314

2most illustrious:

( MS: 1410-15 ) Pur ce qe loos treslussant (Latin: Fama prelucida) par tout iceste pais resone de vostre maisturel reverence 418.83b

( MS: 1415-20 ) tres luant seignur d'Irlande (T) 169r

tresluire